1967 Baltimore Colts season

The 1967 Baltimore Colts season was the 15th season for the team in the National Football League. They ended the regular season with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss, and 2 ties. This was the same record the Los Angeles Rams achieved. Since the Rams were in the same division, the Colts lost the tie based on point differential in head-to-head games and thus did not make the playoffs.

1967 Baltimore Colts season
Head coach Don Shula
Owner Carroll Rosenbloom
Home field Memorial Stadium
Results
Record 11–1–2
Division Place 2nd Coastal
Playoff finish did not qualify
Timeline
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The Colts' win percentage of .917 (The NFL did not count ties for such purposes until 1972) is the best in North American pro sports history for a team that did not make the playoffs

Team and Staff

Staff/Coaches

1967 Baltimore Colts staff
Front Office
  • Owner/President and Treasurer – Carroll Rosenbloom
  • General Manager – Harry Hulmes

Coaching Staff

  • Head Coach – Don Shula

Offensive Coaches

  • Receivers/Offensive Ends – Dick Bielski
  • Offensive Backs – Don McCafferty
  • Offensive Line Coach - John Sandusky
Defensive Coaches
  • Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line - Bill Arnsparger
  • Defensive Backfield – Chuck Noll
  • Linebackers Coach – Don Shula

Roster

1967 Baltimore Colts roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs  2 Timmy Brown

  • 33 Tony Lorick FB
  • 45 Jerry Hill

41 Tom Matte 26 Preston Pearson

Wide receivers 82 raymond Berry 25 Alex Hawkins 28 Jimmy Orr 29 Don Alley 27 Ray Perkins 87 Willie Richardson

Tight ends

88 John Mackey 84 Tom Mitchell 86 Butch Wilson

Offensive linemen

67 Dale Memmelaar G/T 73 Sam Ball T 77 Jim Parker (American football) G/T

  • 50 Bill Curry C
  • 71 Dan Sullivan G

52 Dick Szymanski C 72 Bob Vogel T

  • 62 Glenn Ressler G

63 Norman Davis (American football) G

Defensive linemen 81 Ordell Braase DE 85 Roy Hilton DE 76 Fred Miller DT 74 Billy Ray Smith DT 78 Bubba Smith DE 83 Andy Stynchula DE

Linebackers

32 Mike Curtis 53 Dennis Gaubatz 55 Ron Porter

  • 36 Barry Brown (American football)

66 Don Shinnick Defensive backs 30 Alvin Haymond KR 40 Bobby Boyd CB 20 Jerry Logan S 42 George Harold DB 43 Lenny Lyles CB 47 Charlie Stukes CB 21 Rick Volk S

Special teams

  • 49 David Lee P
  • 79 Lou Michaels K
Reserve lists

None - vacant

Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Game Site Attendance
1 September 17, 1967 Atlanta Falcons W 38–31 1–0 Memorial Stadium 56,715
style="text:align: center"2 September 24, 1967 at Philadelphia Eagles W 38–6 2–0 Franklin Field 60,755
3 October 1, 1967 San Francisco 49ers W 41–7 3–0 Memorial Stadium style="text:align: center"60,238
style="text:align: center"4 October 8, 1967 at Chicago Bears W 24–3 4–0 Wrigley Field style="text:align: center"47,190
5 October 15, 1967 Los Angeles Rams T 24–24 4–0–1 Memorial Stadium style="text:align: center"60,238
6 October 22, 1967 at Minnesota Vikings T 20–20 4–0–2 Metropolitan Stadium style="text:align: center"47,693
7 October 29, 1967 at Washington Redskins W 17–13 5–0–2 D.C. Stadium style="text:align: center"50,574
8 November 5, 1967 Green Bay Packers W 13–10 6–0–2 Memorial Stadium 60,238
9 November 12, 1967 at Atlanta Falcons W 49–7 7–0–2 Atlanta Stadium 58,850
10 November 19, 1967 Detroit Lions W 41–7 8–0–2 Memorial Stadium 60,238
11 November 26, 1967 at San Francisco 49ers W 26–9 9–0–2 Kezar Stadium 44,815
12 December 3, 1967 Dallas Cowboys W 23–17 10–0–2 Memorial Stadium style="text:align: center"60,238
style="text:align: center"13 December 10, 1967 New Orleans Saints W 30–10 11–0–2 Memorial Stadium 60,238
14 December 17, 1967 at Los Angeles Rams L 10–34 11–1–2 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum style="text:align: center"77,277

Standings

NFL Coastal
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Los Angeles Rams 11 1 2 .917 4–1–1 8–1–1 398 196 W8
Baltimore Colts 11 1 2 .917 4–1–1 7–1–2 394 198 L1
San Francisco 49ers 7 7 0 .500 3–3 4–6 273 337 W2
Atlanta Falcons 1 12 1 .077 0–6 1–9 175 422 L7

Note: Tie games were not counted in the standings until 1972.

Awards and honors

References

  1. "Maxwell Football Club - Bert Bell Award Past Recipients". Archived from the original on 2009-06-19. Retrieved 2010-06-28.